Pat McAteer, 77 has passed away of cancer after a one year illness in Annapolis, Maryland. Originally from Liverpool, McAteer has been living in Annapolis for the past 30 years.
McAteer was the British Empire and British middleweight champ. He boxed pro from 1952 to 1958. He boxed Dick Tiger twice and retired with a record of 49-6-2.
RIP Pat McAteer
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RIP. How many of the McAteers were fighters?
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Pat drew with Tiger in one of those meetings and was a brilliant boxer who won a Lonsdale Belt outright and fought and won regularly in the States.
Terry Downes outscored the faded Birkenhead stylist in his very last fight, and said of him: "McAteer went through 40 fights without defeat - which is quite a feat - before a South African, Jimmy Elliott, outpointed him. A year later McAteer went to South Africa and stopped him in six rounds. Elliott died after the fight.
"He was a good-looking fellah, with dark wavy hair, and by the look of him he hadn't been hit too much. I was often out-jabbing him, which was Mac's game. I suppose McAteer was realizing before the fight was over that he'd come to the end of the road. I respected him for retiring."
Pat, of course, was the uncle of footballer Jason. His younger brother, Les, later lifted the same British and Commonwealth middleweight titles held by Pat. Quite a family. Quite a fighter.
Terry Downes outscored the faded Birkenhead stylist in his very last fight, and said of him: "McAteer went through 40 fights without defeat - which is quite a feat - before a South African, Jimmy Elliott, outpointed him. A year later McAteer went to South Africa and stopped him in six rounds. Elliott died after the fight.
"He was a good-looking fellah, with dark wavy hair, and by the look of him he hadn't been hit too much. I was often out-jabbing him, which was Mac's game. I suppose McAteer was realizing before the fight was over that he'd come to the end of the road. I respected him for retiring."
Pat, of course, was the uncle of footballer Jason. His younger brother, Les, later lifted the same British and Commonwealth middleweight titles held by Pat. Quite a family. Quite a fighter.
Re: RIP Pat McAteer
life story - originally written by syd dye and updated and edited by myself and jim jenkinson - in our book - the mersey fighters. volume 1. out of print now but sometimes still available via ebay and amazon. a great fighter.
just one point - pat was from birkenhead - not liverpool.
just one point - pat was from birkenhead - not liverpool.
Re: RIP Pat McAteer
gordon also boxed as a pro. 3 brothers. 2 won british titles.King Tubby wrote:RIP. How many of the McAteers were fighters?